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Thursday, September 24, 2015

How to Get Away with Murder (ABC): Episode 16

16. It's Time to Move On

Annalise asks Frank to get rid of Rebecca’s body, and they start speculating. He pins the murder on Wes, but she defends his innocence. Everyone thinks that she’s still alive and that Wes just let her go. Death row attorney Eve Rothlo (Famke Janssen) drops by after Annalise asks her to represent Nate. She is hesitant at first but gives in later on. It’s later revealed that she was Annalise’s ex-lover. Annalise throws a red herring to find out if Wes killed Rebecca, but he proves otherwise. Frank then assumes that it was Laurel, after she comes to his house and asks him pointblank if Rebecca is dead. Annalise finds out that it was Bonnie who did it, suffocating Rebecca with a plastic bag. Connor moves in with Oliver. The firm takes on the case of Caleb (Kendrick Sampson) and Catherine Hapstall (Amy Okuda) who are suspected of murdering their adoptive father. A flash-forward two months later at their mansion shows a bloodied Annalise on the floor after a shot is fired. Wes is then seen running away from the scene.

It’s been a while since last season’s cliffhanger and it was rather obvious that they were going to milk it to make this season start off with a bang. Well, that’s true, but another super cliffhanger at the end of episode 1? They sure don’t want to lose viewers, don’t they? Well, they are doing a good job. As for Bonnie getting rid of Rebecca, it makes you wonder if everyone will have murdered someone by the time this show ends its run. Maybe it’s a prerequisite to make it to the unforgettable characters’ list? But now on to the bigger question. Who the fuck shot Annalise? Obviously, she can’t die now, can she? You don’t kill your show’s lead character, unless you are aiming to go supernatural next season. That kind of kills the thrill because we know she will survive anyway, but I doubt that Wes did it. They have made it appear that the older adopted suspect in their current case is the culprit. It looks like Annalise finally met her match? Ooh, and we almost forgot the interracial lesbo angle. This ought to be fun.

“I’m not Frank, Laurel. You can’t thrill your hair and make me tell you things.”–Bonnie